Practice Areas: Intellectual Property - Fredrikson & Byron P.A.

Charles D. Segelbaum, Chair

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Fredrikson & Byron Sponsors the 6th Annual Minnesota Cup – Clean Technology & Renewable Energy Division

Dean Karau will moderate a distinguished panel of trademark experts in “The Tension Between Trademark Attorneys and Marketers over Trademark Use” at the 2010 Midwest Intellectual Property Institute on September 23-24, 2010

4th Annual Algae Biomass Summit – September 28-30, 2010

USPTO Fast Tracks Green Patent Applications - December 11, 2009

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Edited by Dean R. Karau

Links

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office home page

Overview

Protecting Technical Ideas, Creative Works, and Goodwill

Intellectual Property is the body of law that deals with patents, copyrights and trademarks. Our activities are focused on securing and enforcing patent, trademark and copyright rights, and advising clients regarding trade secret protection. Counseling clients with respect to avoiding infringement of the rights of others is also a central part of our activities.

The thoughtful attention we pay to clients and their changing needs often leads us to recognize better ways of serving them.”

Our business clients range from individuals and small privately held business to Fortune 500 companies. Our clients have come to rely on our ability to navigate through the sometimes complex channels of the intellectual property legal scene. We have become adept at getting up to speed quickly and effectively in a technical field. The thoughtful attention we pay to clients and their changing needs often leads us to recognize better ways of serving them.

Most of the attorneys in our department have engineering or other scientific degrees and are admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Most have significant work experience in a technical field as well. As part of our repertoire of services, we employ sophisticated computerized research facilities for patent and trademark searching.

Commercial transactions handled by our lawyers often involve transfers of intellectual property rights in the United States and in various foreign countries. We routinely prepare and file applications for patents, trademarks and copyrights in all parts of the world.